Dear Tanay ji, I agree with Gurcharan Singh ji. I too think this one is Geranium nepalense. Have a look at following link.. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Nepal%20Geranium.html
best wishes Prashant On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Tanay > I think there is some confusion. To me it looks like Geranium nepalense. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:55 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Name: **Swertia bimaculata** (Siebold & Zuccarini) J. D. Hooker & >> Thomson ex C. B. Clarke, J. Linn.* >> >> *Family:** Gentianaceae*** >> >> *Date/Time-** November 2009* >> >> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-** Rishap/8500ft* >> >> *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-** Wild* >> >> *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-** **Annual/ **Herbaceous*** >> >> *Height/Length-** 1.0-2.0meters* >> >> *Stem-** **Stems erect, 2-6 mm in diam., branched. Basal leaves withered >> at anthesis.* >> >> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-** **Stem leaves sessile or short petiolate; >> leaf blade broadly elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-9 × 1-4(-5) cm, base >> narrowly tapered to obtuse, apex acuminate; veins 3-5, arcuate. * >> >> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-** **Inflorescences panicles of cymes, lax, >> spreading branched, many flowered, to 50 cm.* >> >> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-** **Flowers 5merous. Pedicel >> spreading to erect, 0.6-4 cm, stout, terete. Calyx tube 1-2 mm; lobes >> narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 3-6 mm, base narrowed, margin >> slightly revolute and membranous, apex acuminate; veins 3-5, indistinct. >> Corolla yellow or white, with purple spots, to 2.5 cm in diam., tube 1-2 mm; >> lobes oblong to elliptic, 1-1.5 cm, base narrowed, apex acuminate to acute. >> Nectaries 2 per corolla lobe, yellow-green, orbicular, reduced to a naked >> gland patch without raised margin. Filaments 5-6.5 mm; anthers ellipsoid, >> ca. 2.5 mm. Style indistinct; stigma lobes capitate.* >> >> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds** **Capsules narrowly ovoid, to 2.3 cm. >> Seeds brown, globose; seed coat warty. Fl. and fr. Jun-Nov.* >> >> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc. –**No >> Informations*** >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
